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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
In my opinion, 'Alice The Goon' is a rough start for someone just checking out oozes from the Wound. I've had this album for well over 12 years now and I still find it irritating at times. Other times I find it to have moments of brilliance. The vinyl version only has one side of music. Side B is an etching : ) 'Alice' was released between: 'Rock & Roll Station,' 'Yagga Blues / Funeral Music For Perez Prado,' and 'Who Can I Turn To Stereo' which is one of my favorite stretches of Wound releases. I do believe Savage Clone once said on here that 'Alice' was his favorite Wound release.
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I think you know this, but the CD re-release version is 3 tracks. Track 1 shocked me, based on all I had read about NWW.....some kinda funky jazz vibe at first, hahaha....but then a lot more happens, and the vocals at the end are priceless. Track 2 seems unmemorable after the few listens I've had so far. Track 3 (Alice The Goon itself?) is much more interesting though.
The Drumm CD just fuckin blows me away. I love how he sculptures his Noise. And he does volume manipulations, which blew me away. It made me realize, suddenly, that you CAN fuck with volume levels on a piece, and perhaps instruct the listener not to adjust the volume once the CD is playing. This was a big shock to me really.....who fucks with VOLUME as an aspect of the recording? Track 2 of said album reminds me of Merzbow circa 1985.
The NNCK set is wildly varying - contemplative pieces vs full on noise. It's such a huge motherfucker of a record - 75mins - extremely generous. I must have more NNCK in my life.